Bournemouth (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

OntarioBlue said:
We managed to put eleven men in the pitch for the game but it was clear probably only about seven of them were fully fit. As I said after the Southampton game people cant reasonably expect a squad being held togethe4 by bandaids to keep winning.

More concerning to me than our temporary injury issues is our aging squad. Walker looks done, Gundo has no pace, KDB is showing his age and seems to be injured all the time and we have a number of players near or past thirty. We need a major squad refresh as soon as possible.
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I don't expect any of those three to be here next November. That trio will cost some brass to replace
 
Bez said:
Perhaps they are not good enough, but unless they are given a proper chance we'll never know. Right now, with all the injury issues, it is crying out for more energy, which the kids will have plenty of. The senior players that are potentially burned out or close to it need a break.

Pep said we were in trouble a few days ago, so why risk unfit players today.
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The strangest thing for me was his reluctance to make changes when it was obvious they were needed and if KDB isn’t fit why is he in bench?
 
Trevor Morley's Tache said:
I think VAR were found wanting today. That challenge on Earl could easy have been given as reckless and out of control.
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Said at the time, it was both feet off the ground and, even though he caught the ball, the follow through was mid-shin height.

Oh wait, tackling City Centre Forwards mid-shin isn’t even a foul!

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Even “back in the day” this was a red card.

And, don’t get me started on the late stamps that don’t even get called!
 
Weird that am not as bothered as usual with a defeat? Maybe it's because before the game and how Bournemouth been playing beating I was expecting a game like yesterday especially with our injuries playing Wednesday and while Bournemouth having week of to be coached also early season you have clubs full of energy! Saying that we were piss poor but still could have got a draw!
 
ChicagoBlue said:
Like everyone else, I hope it’s a blip, but today it felt like a passing.

It exposed Gundo, it showed how old some players were, even though they’ve still got the occasional game in them, and it showed how the “modern approach” to the high speed counterattack…WHICH IS HOW THE REST OF THE WORLD IS PLAYING FOOTBALL NOW…is death to us.

I LITERALLY called for a loss today and even said it would come down our right side and be a cross in behind us. I can’t remember the last time I thought we would lose a game?!

It’s been coming and the injury situation has only exacerbated it. The Spurs game showed how frail we look and Bournemouth no-names went to town on us.

This is structural and strategic, not tactical. Structurally, we have not spent the money on, or the time to cultivate, the players we were clearly going to need to start filling holes that were developing.

You saw them developing, I’m sure, last season, and nothing was done to start addressing those issues. A free Gundo felt like a great little stop gap measure, but he’s currently being asked to be Prime Gundo and he just doesn’t have it in him anymore…and the flashes of it are getting fewer and further in between.

KDB certainly has brilliance in him, but for both club and country, we are seeing it less and less.

Phil Foden clearly has some personal demons/issues he’s trying to get over, because he’s a pale imitation of the POTY we saw last year. He could have won the game today, but his shots were wayward and he needed too many touches at other times.

Kova was always seen as a back up midfielder, yet has become pivotal (no pun intended) to us not being literally over run in every game. I thought he was superb today in a game where we got battered in midfield, so that felt like a big waste!

Bernardo? Love him to death! But, not only did he never have pace, but he’s lost a step, so if you’re a defender you just need to keep him in front of you because he’s going nowhere…yet he’s a WINGER for us, who steps into a second 6 role late in games to shore up the midfield when we take the old, tired fuckers off!

And then we have the likes of Grealish, who divides opinion worse than Trump, but seems to laugh off his own mediocrity. Or Walker, whose domestic woes are only bested by his on field woes, which tells you just how bad his season is going. His contribution to games was always “catch the rabbit that runs in behind” but that’s been laid to rest by multiple players this season, and it is not like his “positional sense” was ever going to get him out of a wet paper bag, let alone a football match where he’s getting toasted. If I see one more push or arse bump or bend when he’s supposed to go up for a ball or ease it out of play, I’ll scream!

So far this season, it’s looking like Gvardiol is our POTY. Think about that and what it says about who we are so far this season…
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That's clearly from the heart, much of it true and the rest certainly arguable. Your 'mediocrity' tag on Jack is well off though and Phil is on the up despite being not at last season's level yet. We're only 9 games in, let's see how it goes until the window - hope it won't be too late then for a midfield boost to keep us in the battle for the glittering prizes.
 
Say whatever you want but 115 has obviously hampered our squad rebuilding strategy, hence only bringing in Gundo and Savio in the summer - a player who was a no-brainer on a free and a player from the CFG.

Any top level player from abroad is not going to go through the turmoil of uprooting family and moving countries etc whilst the decision is so imminent, hence why we’ve retained our “net spend trophy”.

I understand the frustration at the performances, it’s hard not to get annoyed for a variety of reasons - players not playing well, rumours behind the scenes, players half fit, Pep making random selections and poor subs etc etc - but we’ve had a great run over the last god knows how many seasons so should never be so entitled that we can’t accept a bit of a downturn, been long overdue unfortunately.

Hopefully we find a way of getting something from these next couple of games, get a few players back fit over the international break - would be nice to see a good few withdraw and put the club first! - and then stay in contention up until the Jan window and hopefully the 115 will be out of the way so we can make a signing or two, and then set us up for the usual charge.

Then, on to the summer, new manager or not, and we start the evolution.

What’s not to like? Being a City fan is great, enjoy the ride.
 
Performances haven't been great for a while, and that was coming.

We are big boys, take it on the chin and go again........no one has a scoobie what the rest of the season will bring.

If it's shit, then we start again, if not, then this will be looked at as one of those losses we have EVERY season when we have our dip.

One thing for sure, we won't stop trying.
 
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